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This is a guest post by Erica. She is the author of
The Staycation Jar and
Good Grief. A 3-time cancer survivor and mother whom has lost five chidlren, Erica uses her cancer and child-loss to equip men and women to learn how to effectively love people who are hurting. Interested in guest posting?
Check out the details here.
When we found out we were going to be first time parents, we knew above all else we desired to instill in our children to love God and love others. Therefore we developed a tradition in our family called Love Projects, where we intentionally look for ways that we can serve others. As our daughter Jordyn prepared for 1st grade, we asked her to think of a big Love Project we could incorporate into her schooling.
When we made this suggestion, we were thinking along the lines of filling boxes for Operation Christmas Child, or adopting a family in need for Christmas. However, Jordyn came to us with way BIGGER dreams of what she wanted to do. In fact, the first Love Project she came up with was to send a family to Disney World after their 15-year old daughter finishes her chemotherapy.
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In 2009 I heard the words sex trafficking for the first time. When I heard gruesome stories of women and children being sold to men for the sole purpose of giving them sexual pleasure, my stomach turned. God sparked a flame inside of me that day.
Last year I met a woman named Priscilla who changed my life. One morning Priscilla woke up in a warehouse chained to the wall. For four years she was raped everyday repeatedly while she remained locked up with many other helpless victims of this horrendous crime. Get your calculator out for this. She was raped over 1,460 times! (You can read more of Priscilla’s story here.)
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by | Faith Lived Out, Guest Posts
I’m on my second week of insomnia now. It comes and goes, mostly coming versus going. The hormonal imbalance of a 28-year old could make for some great stories.
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I may be young but I have more hot flash memories than I care to share. I know it’s bad when I’m sitting around a table with women ages 50+ discussing night sweats and who will use the menu to fan themselves first.
Today I’m honored to be guest posting for Mary DeMuth.
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by | Faith Lived Out
This was originally posted in July 2009, but I felt the need to share it again today.
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In Kay Arthur’s Lord Teach Me to Pray, she discusses several times throughout the study a man named George Mueller. I’m a fan of history, so I decided to look his name up. He’s definitely a man worth reading about.
In 1836 Mueller and his wife started an orphanage. By the end of Meuller’s life he raised over 10,000 orphans. As if that’s not enough to be impressed with, it’s how he provided for those orphans that amazed me.
His requests for food, supplies, or money didn’t reach people. He didn’t ask anyone for anything. He simply went to God. He didn’t ask the local lumberyard for building supplies. He didn’t ask the banker for a donation. He gave his requests to God, and ALL his needs were fulfilled. Many times he would receive food for the children only hours before they were to be fed. The children were dressed and well-educated. No child left the orphanage without a Bible in hand.
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This is a guest post by Eileen Knowles. She lives in small town North Carolina with her husband, Roger, their eight-year old son, and one quirky dog named Bisbee. She writes at
The Scenic Route and you can connect with her on
Twitter and
Facebook. Interested in guest posting?
Check out the details here.
“But consider the joy of those corrected by God! Do not despise the discipline of the Almighty when you sin. For though he wounds, he also bandages. He strikes, but his hands also heal.” Job 5: 17-18
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These words were spoken to Job by one of his friends, Eliphaz. Eliphaz was attempting to offer an explanation for why horrible things were happening to Job. He suggests that Job must have done something wrong and should throw himself at the mercy of the Almighty. We know, as the reader, that Job is not being punished, he is being tested. Job’s response to his friend reveals to the reader that he believes this too: “Stop assuming my guilt, for I have done no wrong. Do you think I am lying? Don’t I know the difference between right and wrong?” (Job 6: 29-30)
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It was Winter 2010. I was desperate for an answer. What was I doing here? What was my purpose? Why was I living?
I was tired. Tired of fighting. Tired of searching with blind eyes.
I walked into the prayer room at the Table Rock Freedom Center. I sat in the chair and wrestled with God. I was angry, sad, confused. My heart was breaking and I didn’t know why. My pen hit the paper and I couldn’t stop writing. As the ink hit the pages, the notebook was mostly filled with questions ending in why.
Nobody understood me. I didn’t understand me. Friends and family didn’t understand.
If they didn’t understand, how could God?
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